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With a Hammer for My Heart: A Novel (Kentucky Voices)
George Ella Lyon
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Description for With a Hammer for My Heart: A Novel (Kentucky Voices)
Paperback. Num Pages: 222 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 288.
"A rich tale of healing, redemption, and social responsibility." -- Publishers Weekly "A compelling, skillfully told story . Lyon's finest achievement." -- Lexington Herald-Leader "Lyon gives readers a story rich in precise, gorgeous language that glows like a sword on the forge and cuts as deep . Tragedies old and new weave a tiny Kentucky town into the center of the universe." -- Booklist (starred review) "Lyon consistently reveals in her work an ability to render the peculiarities of the people and the places she knows best, while at the same time exploring concerns that lend her stories and poems universal appeal. ... Read more
"A rich tale of healing, redemption, and social responsibility." -- Publishers Weekly "A compelling, skillfully told story . Lyon's finest achievement." -- Lexington Herald-Leader "Lyon gives readers a story rich in precise, gorgeous language that glows like a sword on the forge and cuts as deep . Tragedies old and new weave a tiny Kentucky town into the center of the universe." -- Booklist (starred review) "Lyon consistently reveals in her work an ability to render the peculiarities of the people and the places she knows best, while at the same time exploring concerns that lend her stories and poems universal appeal. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University Press of Kentucky
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Lexington, United States
ISBN
9780813191751
SKU
V9780813191751
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Ref
99-50
About George Ella Lyon
George Ella Lyon is the award-winning author of more than thirty books for children and adults. She is the recipient of the Publishers Weekly Book of the Year Award for Who Came Down That Road? and the Appalachian Writers Association Book of the Year Award for Catalpa.
Reviews for With a Hammer for My Heart: A Novel (Kentucky Voices)
A rich tale of healing, redemption, and social responsibility. - Publishers Weekly ""A compelling, skillfully told story.... Lyon's finest achievement."" - Lexington Herald-Leader ""Lyon gives readers a story rich in precise, gorgeous language that glows like a sword on the forge and cuts as deep.... Tragedies old and new weave a tiny Kentucky town into the center of the universe."" ... Read more